Summer 2026 Equity & Inclusion Intern

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has a national reputation for conducting rigorous research and analysis, developing evidence-based policy ideas and strategies, shaping a broad array of policy debates at the federal and state levels, and influencing policy outcomes on a range of critical issues. It focuses on improving the lives of people with low or moderate incomes and examines how policies affect particular groups, including Black, Indigenous, and other people of color; immigrants; people with disabilities; and LGBTQ+ people. CBPP is known for its unique capacity to blend rigorous, timely analysis with effective communications that enable policymakers and the media to make use of its work.    

CBPP has an opening for an intern to work with its Equity and Inclusion (E&I) core team. The team includes:

• the Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer;
• the Deputy Director for Equity, Inclusion, andBelonging;
• the E&IFellow;
• the Director of Equity, Belonging, and Internal Communications;
• the Director of Strategy and Equity in Public Policy;
• the E&I Project Manager & Senior Executive Assistant;
• the Director of Network Culture and Organizational Health;
• the Network Culture and Operations Manager; and 
• the Director of Outreach and Community Engagement.

The intern will be supervised by the Chief Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Officer, who leads the organization’s efforts to develop and implement policies and practices that build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable organization in fulfillment of CBPP’s mission and values. The E&I Fellow will serve as the intern mentor and provide guidance, mentorship, and direction on programmatic functions and responsibilities. 

At a high level, this work entails creating opportunities to expand staff capacity, supporting the implementation of new policies and organizational practices, creating organization accountability tools and strategies, and developing systems to track progress toward stated goals. A primary function of the E&I team is to provide ongoing professional development, training, and learning opportunities that assist staff in building their awareness, knowledge, and skills around adopting practices that foster greater inclusion within their professional practice and interpersonal interactions.

Responsibilities will vary based on the intern’s background and personal/professional interests. However, functional responsibilities will include supporting an array of projects related to the organization’s equity and inclusion work and supporting the collection of resources to be used in E&I training and professional development opportunities, such as:

• Assist with curriculum development, content facilitation, and program management for the Racial Equity Activity and Discussion (READ) internship seminar, CBPP’s E&I learning and development initiative for interns.
• Participate as a member of CBPP’s E&I Advisory Council,representingthe perspectives of CBPP interns. 
• Provide programmatic and logistical support to the E&I team in working with specific departments or teams within the organization.
• Assist in the planning and execution of programming for CBPP’s affinity groups, including heritage month activities, speakers, and programs. 
• Manage and build CBPP’s E&I Resource Database as an ongoing educational and training tool for staff.
• Assist with planning, designing, and managing Catalyst, which is CBPP’s annual all staff E&I community-building convening.

Qualifications:

• Creative, thoughtful, solution-oriented, innovative, highly self-motivated, and collaborative.
• Highly organized, attentive to detail, and able to manage multiple tasks for different projects/supervisors (often on a time-sensitive basis). 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to advancing equity and inclusi